Property managers in Downer, ACT

Downer occupies a corner of Canberra's inner north in the ACT, framed by Phillip Avenue, Antill Street and Northbourne Avenue, where light rail serves Swinden Street. Its rentals are mostly detached houses, plus some townhouses. Distinct Properties manages rental homes in Downer, giving owners one property manager for leasing, inspections, maintenance and regular reports. Distinct Properties has arranged at least 28 leases in Downer, 25 of them since January 2020, when its records became complete.

Downer began as ground for a CSIRO agricultural research station, and the buildings that today hold its community centre and local shops were put up for that work. The pines and gums planted as the station's windbreak still ring the block. Its name, gazetted in 1960, honours Sir John Downer, who led South Australia's government and sat in the first Australian Senate. A local oval, bordered by Bradfield, Bonython, Melba and Frencham streets, gives the suburb its main open space.

Downer's houses date from the early sixties onward, with townhouses added over the years. For an owner, a house of this age usually needs attention to heating, insulation, hot water and the garden between tenancies, and older trees on or near a block deserve regular checks for health and overhanging limbs. Townhouses add shared areas and owners corporation rules to the picture, which we sort out with the owner before the first tenant moves in.

Downer draws renters with the Swinden Street light rail on Northbourne Avenue, the R9 rapid bus, its local shops and oval, and the Dickson Centre just across Antill Street.

Most of the homes we have leased in Downer are houses.